Sunday, January 15, 2012

PatiShapta on Sankranti -- with a touch of Nutella and Maple Syrup

I really had no intention to make a dessert again today. Sankranti, Columbus Day, Republic Day -- no, I wasn't going to celebrate them by making anything sweet. Enough !! My Ma though had other ideas. She had already made the coconut-kheer stuffing and was all ready to launch into Poush-Parbon frenzy.

"Nah, no more sweets. Do you realize how much of sugar we have consumed all through December?"

My Ma, a very sparse eater herself of course did not consume all that.But I was quiet adamant. Then she said she would make some moog-samali. I of course had no idea, what that was. She wanted to do a savory version of it which needed green peas.We had no green peas.

Then this happened. Late yesterday night, Poli sent a mail asking for a Pati Shapta recipe for her boys. I was filled with guilt. My girls deserved something sweet on Sankranti, I thought. And so do my parents. And well the husband. And maybe me too, a tiny bite. What is a tiny bite in fact in the bigger scheme of Poush Parbon.

The recipe is same as my old one. No rice flour this time. If you scroll down there I have updated the batter recipe.

Also I have smeared with nutella the inside of the pati-shapta because the kids love nutella more than the coconut-kheer thingy. Drizzled with some maple syrup these were soft, sweet delights for the new beginnings of a new season. Never mind that is just cold, winter here.

Since I just came back and am jetlagged, I was not planning to make anything but tomato salad (that's all the veg food we have at home) for Sankranti but an aunt invited us for lunch and I yelled at the Spouse for saying no and got him to call back and accept the invitation!

Moog samali r recipe ta dao mayer kach theke cheye - that sounds a healthy one! i have added more than 2 kgs in december - it happened from my son's b'day from end of nov, then we went to hyderabad for a week on work, had paradice biriyanies, they give so much that u r bound to overeat, then relatives arrived who stay elsewhere and we cooked n ate, had parties n ate! i also had to taste the pithes - those r unavoidable annual schedule... i m struggling to loose weight now... need ur help dear!

I have never attempted making paatishapta all my life. This year I thought I should, given the husband's undying love for it. Then I gradually got lazy and decided to postpone the pithey-making paarbon to next year. Your post actually made me change my mind. :)

Happy Sankranti! :) and yes, we need to have these traditions going....so what if they are a little sugary ;) I made sure to make the ven pongal, chakkarai pongal combination for Pongal - we literally have chakkarai pongal only once a year!

Moog samali ami jani na. Ma ke jiggesh korlam. She said something like this1. Roast Yellow Moong Dal.2. Cook Dal with just enough water. Should be cooked but not soupy3.Grind the cooked dal to a paste. Dry paste which can work kinda like dough4. Now make stuffing. Coconut-kheer for sweet, Green peas for savory.5. Make a small disc shape with a small ball of the dal. Stuff with filling. Pinch ends to close. Shape is like Pithe-Puli's Pithey.6.Now deep fry.

Loved the picture of your daughters diggin in...! Want to take your daighters to this Parisian crepe place for crepes with Nutella and a whole host of other stuffings. It's so interesting that our Patishaptas are so similar to the Parisian crepes concept, esp. when you stuff it with Nutella!!! :-)

I love reading your blog!!! I used your old patishapta recipe and made some for the first time ever last weekend!! It was a hit! My mother was simply amazed that I didn't ask her "how to".. just clicked on your link on my iphone. Thanks for writing.. tomar recipe, tomar chotto chotto meye der golpo.. it'all a good read. I hope I leave comments more often but I have used so many of your recipe and had so many laughs reading about your little ones.. so, thankyou for all that. I have a little daughter of my own and like to speculate how she would react to my cooking and say this and that.. it is simply lovely to see how all mothers have the same concern :o) Keep writing and lots of love!

hello, my dear, it has been aeons since i have visited your blog- actually it has been aeons since i myself have blogged. i so love this recipe- i was looking at the recipe you have posted from 2007- it is gorgeous. hope youre well. x s

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Predominantly a Bong, who loves being a Mom and loves to cook among other things for the li'l one and the big ones.She loves to write too and you will find her food spiced up with stories. Mainly a collection of Bengali Recipes with other kinds thrown in, in good measure. A Snapshot of Bengali Cuisine